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used a robot armed with a shotgun to shoot the detonator in the hopes of defusing it but it blew up, causing a massive explosion. Police investigators said that if this had happened in a crowded area, hundreds would have been killed. Under interrogation, the three bombers revealed Ayyash's identity.
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took place shortly after the end of the 40-day mourning period for Ayyash and the cell that claimed responsibility called itself "Disciples of the martyr Yahya 'Ayyash", stating it was a revenge attack for his assassination. Israeli security services who later interrogated one of the organizers of
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At 08:00 on 5 January 1996, Ayyash's father called him and Ayyash answered. Overhead, an
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terrorists. Honoring terrorists who have murdered innocent civilians either by official statements or by the dedication of public places hurts peace efforts and must end."
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The Transformation of Palestinian Politics: From Revolution to State-Building
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and detergent. When combined, these substances form
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965:"Gaza: 100,000 Palestinians Protest Assassination"
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407:In 2012, former Shin Bet director
189:. In that capacity, he earned the
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223:Palestinian militant groups
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1287:Assassinated Hamas members
1327:People from Rafat, Salfit
1297:Birzeit University alumni
1199:The Hunt for the Engineer
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146:Yahya Abd-al-Latif Ayyash
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312:Ramat Gan bus 20 bombing
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861:Katz 2002, pp. 251–252.
304:Tel Aviv bus 5 massacre
292:Mehola Junction bombing
1302:Hamas military members
1282:20th-century engineers
1091:"Daily Press Briefing"
471:who directed the 1978
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1239:Rubin, Barry (1999).
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473:Coastal Road massacre
371:Palestinian Authority
288:Hamas suicide attacks
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490:in honor of Ayyash.
308:Egged bus 36 bombing
250:memorizing the Quran
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682:The Times of Israel
537:The Washington Post
455:, president of the
244:Ayyash was born in
91:Cause of death
62:Jordanian West Bank
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1033:The Jerusalem Post
1002:The New York Times
805:Algemeiner Journal
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296:Afula Bus massacre
265:Birzeit University
221:against Israel by
136:Al-Qassam Brigades
113:Birzeit University
1231:978-0-8239-3820-9
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395:Beit Lahia
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240:Early life
170:pronounced
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154:يحيى عياش
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